Previously
I guess the troubles came. Hehehehe.
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Continuation | A Tiny Bit Timeskip
*Step* *Step* *Step*
I could hear my footsteps as I entered a somewhat spacious alley between two buildings. Using my Universal Perception, I knew that this place was between two abandoned buildings and not many people were near this area. So, it will take much time for people to come if I were to make a loud sound.
I stopped walking after entering the alley.
*Step* *Step* *Step* *Step*
I had stopped moving but the sound of footsteps still came, those weren't my footsteps sounds.
"Who are you?" I said slightly looking back.
"Hey. Hey. Hey. Long time no see." The person said with a grin on his face.

The person had red hair which reached his neck. He was wearing an outfit with black, golden and at some places white color. He had two pointy looking daggers on his waist.
"Hm? Do I know you?" I said with a serious look on my face.
I didn't knew who this person was, so I couldn't take him for fun until I know whether he's weak or strong.
"You can say that but before that...." He said.
Ding!
Quest: One vs One
Quest Type: Main Quest
Description: After arriving in Falmuth, you were met with an hostile individual. Defeat him without killing him.
Rewards: Flute of Monsterification (Artifact), Marking, Thermal Fluctuation Nullification
"Let's have a little reunion after meeting after so much time." He said as he pressed his toes into the ground and appeared right in front of me.
-Clang!
He had taken out his daggers and tried to hit it with me but I was fast to react to it and blocked it with one of my katana.
Tch.
He's fast.
After our weapons clashed with each other, we backed off a little.
"I don't even know you" I said.
"But I do." He said as he started moving around me in speeds making afterimage.
I couldn't use my gun because I can't kill him or else I won't get the reward. I can't even use my sword art.
Wait. I have an idea.
All this time, he was moving around me and jumping from the left wall to right, in a circle around me and down to up.
Ignoring his movements, I lowered my hand and raised my katana up.
"What are you trying to do!?" He said as he had a surprised and worried look on his face.
Hm? Why is he being worried? Isn't he my enemy?
Anyways, Jack could you do something about the regeneration?
I had a plan inside my mind which I wanted to execute.
Ignoring his look he was still making, I lowered the katana at a certain speed and cut my left hand.
Blood started to come out from my hand and fell onto the ground.
"What the hell are you doing!?"
He said as he started to come towards me.
Pain Conversion.
Suddenly, he fell onto the ground and grasped his left chest where his heart is. I had used pain conversion so that my pain was transferred to him.
"Kh... What the heck are you usi-"
Before he could complete his sentence, I punched him on the face and he went flying to the other side of the alley.
He fell on the ground laying like a corpse but I knew he was still alive.
I waited for some seconds for him to stand up again but he didn't. I guess I have won?
Ding!
I ignored all of the messages that came because it wasn't the right time. I still had to get some fun out of him as now I had completed the quest and got the rewards.
I walked towards him where he was still lying facing the sky but then suddenly he shouted.
"DAMNN ITT!!!!!! I HATE THIS, OSAKI!!!!!!!"
After hearing this, my eyes widened as I was in a little shock.
I started to remember where I heard the line he had said before.
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A/N- So, the next chapter will be half on flashback. Also, I will bring in Tempest to the story in the next four or five chapters because the story has reached 11 chapters but I still haven't mentioned Tempest anywhere. So, just wait till I make the mc strong.